Pál Szalai

Not to be confused with Pál Szalay (athlete).
Pál Szalai
Born(1915-09-03)September 3, 1915
Budapest, Hungary
DiedJanuary 16, 1994(1994-01-16) (aged 78)
Los Angeles, California, US
OccupationPolice officer
Known forRescuing Hungarian Jews from the Holocaust

Pál Szalai (September 3, 1915 – January 16, 1994) also spelled Pál Szalay and later anglicized as Paul Sterling was a high-ranking Hungarian police officer and a member of the Arrow Cross Party. In 1945, together with Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg, Szalai helped save hundreds of Hungarian Jews in the Budapest ghetto.

In 2009, he was honored by Israel as Righteous among the Nations.

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